»Do you rail at God's High Priest?« cried the men who stood by him.
»Blessed are you when they have insulted and persecuted you, and have said every cruel thing about you falsely for my sake.
»Before long,« exclaimed Paul, »God will strike you, you white-washed wall! Are you sitting there to judge me in accordance with the Law, and do you yourself actually break the Law by ordering me to be struck?«
»I did not know, brethren,« replied Paul, »that he was the High Priest; for it is written, `Thou shalt not speak evil of a ruler of Thy people.'«